Patton Oswalt Has a Very Real Conversation About Deceased Wife on 'Conan'

Patton Oswalt recently won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special, but when he stopped by Conan he couldn't talk about his Emmy without discussing his deceased wife, Michelle McNamara. 46-year-old McNamara died in her sleep on April 21 from unknown causes. Since her death Oswalt has been rather candid about the grieving process, and his visit with his old friend Conan O'Brien was no exception. Oswalt credited his deceased wife with his Emmy win saying, "She was the reason that my comedy got better, she got me to the point where someone would consider me for an Emmy." The comedian also discussed his loss of happiness saying, "I'm happy to have won an Emmy but it's very abstract because it's the flavor of happiness but there's no calories or nutrition there. It's like it tastes like happiness but there's nothing." Oswalt now is a single father which he says is an all too familiar plotline. "I'm like every bad 1980's sitcom where there's a dad raising a kid by himself and the mom is somehow -- except my 1980's sitcom sucks, there's no punch lines." Instead, Oswalt says, "There's a lot of insomnia, there's a lot of me eating Cheetos for dinner. I'm waiting for my daughter to turn to the camera and go no wonder I'm in therapy," While the comedian did make the audience laugh throughout his discussion, it was bittersweet because anyone could see that he lost love of his life.